Some people make a living from
their knowledge in certain areas
while some make a living from a
talent.
For Diane
Rehm,
her
voice has carried her through
a 25-year radio
career.
The nationally syndicated
talk show host
will be visiting
MSU as part
Rehm
of the Artist
Lecture Series
today at 7 p.m. in the Akin Auditorium.
Rehm, a native from Washington
D.C., began her radio career in 1973
as a volunteer on WAMU’s The

LAUREN WILLIAMS | THE WICHITAN
From left to right: Carlan Thomas, Jelana Folkes, Camica Humphrey and Deidra
Augustin pose for a photo Friday during Caribfest 2007.

Island festival marks 10 years

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MARVIN ARTS
FOR THE WICHITAN

New athletic
director hired

If you were looking for great
food, an excellent time and
fantastic music then the Caribbean Student Organization’s
10th annual Caribfest is where
you wanted to be.
The event kicked off with
a parade that started at about
5:15 p.m. at Sunwatcher Plaza.
A variety of bands were
involved in the parade such as,
the Jab Jab Band, shortnee’s,
sensai’s, ﬂagwavers, pussycat
dolls, a group from the Boys
and Girls Club, and the alumni
had a section as well.
The Jab Jab Band stood out
from the rest of the parade as
they were the ones covered in
the black paint. The shortnee’s
wore very extravagant costumes with bells on them. The
sensai’s gave the parade a
different look with their scary
masks. The ﬂag-wavers were at
the front of the parade.
The pussycat dolls wore
netted stockings, tails, and hats
with ears on them. The Boys
and Girls Club were dressed as
the Pirates of the Caribbean.

BRITTANY NORMAN
MANAGING EDITOR
When President Dr. Jesse Rogers
introduced Charlie Carr as MSU’s
new athletic director, he said he’d
found what he was looking for in a
nationwide search.
Experience.
Carr has spent the last 12 years
as the senior associate athletics director at Florida State University in
Tallahassee. He has 30 years experience in sports administration.
“We are very pleased that we
were able to attract a candidate of
Mr. Carr’s experience to MSU,”
Rogers said. “He has excellent
ideas and is real understanding of
Division II and the importance of
intercollegiate athletics to our university’s alumni, faculty and students.”
Carr will assume duties next
week to take over for Ed Harris,
who announced his retirement in
August.

“The alumni section brought
back the 60’s look with the big
hair,” said senior marketing
major and CSO’s Public Relations Ofﬁcer Nefer McIntyre.
The Caribbean students
worked very hard to prepare
the food that was served at
Caribfest. Delicious food such
as curried goat, jerk chicken,
pineapple chicken and calypso
rice were served.
“We prepared food for about
1,200 people,” McIntyre said.
The food preparation for the
event started about a week in
advance. The actual preparation of the food started at about
6 p.m. the evening before and
didn’t get done until 6 a.m. the
next morning.
“We still worked on the
food up until the actual event
started,” McIntyre said.
“The food began being
served at around 5:20 p.m.,”
McIntyre said.
The food was served until
6 p.m., but the people who
were in the parade didn’t
get a chance to eat until the
parade was over. The parade
ended at 6:15 p.m. back in
Sunwatcher plaza where it

began.
“It was a good experience
seeing how different the Caribbean students’ culture is from
ours,” said junior art major
Jonathon Thompson.
The evening ended with the
cultural performances. The
performances started off with
an ensemble by the steel pan
group. The CSO choir sang
some folk songs from their
homeland. The last event of the
cultural performances involved
the participants in the parade
giving a brief history of the
costumes they wore.
“I enjoyed the food and
music. I had a fantastic time,”
said kinesiology major Dimaio
Goree.
CSO sold all of their T-shirts
at the event.
“I was really impressed that
we were able to sell all of our
shirts at the event,” McIntyre
said.
This was a really special
Caribfest for the students
because it was the 10th anniversary for the event.
The day was concluded with
a “Glow” after party that took

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Ground broken for new Wellness Center
CHRIS COLLINS
STAFF REPORTER

INSIDE

The south part of campus, which
used to be home to little more than
joggers, indoor cyclists and noisy
birds, is now a hot spot of activity
– and also a hard hat area.
The stretch of land just south of
the intersection of Louis J. Rodriguez and Midwestern Parkway has
undergone some serious changes in
the past two months: ground was
broken near Sikes Lake on August
15 of this year, and since then the
lake has been a relative beehive of
activity for construction workers,
project managers, and all sorts of
machinery.
It’s also been a frequent place of
interest for Dr. Joey Greenwood,
who is the Director of Recreational
Sports and the not-yet-built Student
Health and Wellness Center, a $13.4
million project that’s responsible for

Mold empties
Martin Hall
JESSICA WELLS
FOR THE WICHITAN

KRYSTLE CAREY
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

all the hubbub near the lake.
“It’s a one-stop shop for ﬁtness,
recreation and health,” said Greenwood, who’s been a part of the center since its infancy a year ago. “It’s
a more holistic approach to wellness
than we have now.”
One could certainly call MSU’s
current approach to wellness (a
term that loosely holds physical and
mental wellness as well as physical
ﬁtness) a bit fragmented – the health
center is on the northwest side of
campus, while the wellness center
and gymnasium are on opposite
sides of D.L. Ligon. A Recreation
Center in Clark and an Outdoor
Recreation Center past Sikes Lake
make things “a bit spread out,” as
Greenwood put it.
Also, many students hoping to
access weight lifting equipment,
basketball courts and other campus
equipment currently have a hard
time doing so because of kinesiol-

ogy classes and organized athletic
workouts.
“There will be no for-credit classes or organized athletic workouts in
the new center,” said Greenwood
when asked about the purpose of the
new center. He draws a distinction,
though: “People have misquoted me
when I say there will be no athletic
workouts in the center. If athletes
want to work out here, they’re paying for it, and they should take advantage of that. But a coach can’t
bring his team down here to do a
workout.”
The center, which is being built
to relatively large dimensions, will
be two stories tall and 55 to 58,000
sq. feet, not including the parking
lot. It’ll include an indoor elevated
walking track, basketball courts,
an outdoor pool, state-of-the-art
weight lifting and cardio equipment, Spinning indoor bicycles,
and multi-purpose rooms for kick-

Martin Hall will soon be evacuated and undergo a renovation to
remove mold and asbestos.
Mold invaded Martin Hall,
which houses the Social Work and
Pre-Law departments, in late May
due to the extensive ﬂooding that
overran parts of North Texas. These
rains caused the humidity levels in
Martin Hall to rise, which in turn
caused the old air-conditioning
pipes to sweat. The water then saturated many ceiling tiles. One area of
the ceiling was wet enough to soak
through the ceiling tiles onto the
carpet. The high humidity caused
some of the edges of desktops in
one classroom to peel and curl up.
According to The California Department of Health, when furniture
or building materials are damp it
can take only 48 hours for mold to
develop, which is exactly what happened in the Martin Hall.
Martin Hall, which was originally the Martin Library, was built in
1946 and is the second oldest
building on campus.
No visible mold
was found,
except on
some professors’
leather
and clothbound
books,
according
to Allen
Goldapp, Physical Plant Director. Although a putrid smell has permeated the entire
building, Goldapp describes the
mold situation as minor.
Goldapp said he and his staff
have been working all summer to
contain and resolve the problem.
Twenty dehumidiﬁers were placed
in Martin Hall at a cost of $30,000.
The labor expense to begin the
evacuation process by the custodial
staff ranges from $5,000 to $10,000
according to Goldapp.
Current tests can only identify
allergies to less than 10 of the hundreds of mold that have the ability
to grow indoors, according to The
California Department of Health,
so there is no need to identify the
type of mold that has invaded the
building.
Although the type of mold is unidentiﬁed, precautions are already
being taken. Martin Hall is having
a full evacuation of the building.
Students and faculty have already
begun the move into the Dillard

Building. Since the beginning of the
fall semester, students have not had
classes in the building, but the faculty ofﬁces have remained. Goldapp hopes to have to building fully
evacuated in by mid-October.
A complete removal of the all
carpet in the building is scheduled
which will not only help expel Martin Hall of mold, but will also help
rid the building of the lingering
smell, Goldapp said.
Goldapp also plans to rid the
building of asbestos in the glue that
ﬁxes the carpet to the ﬂoor. Goldapp, who has 30 years of experience in environmental sanitation,
stressed that the asbestos in the glue
is not of high concern because it is
not friable, meaning that is cannot
be easily reduced to tiny particles
which can be inhaled.
“If you are going to ﬁx a problem, you may as well ﬁx all the
problems all at once,” he said.
The cost of replacing
the carpet has yet
to be deter-

mined.
Bid for the projects will be taking place

soon.
Martin Hall will undergo a thorough inspection to determine exactly the extensiveness of the mold.
Holes will be drilled in the walls to
make sure that the mold has not inﬁltrated the walls.
The building will undergo
a full sanitation, including faculty
books and processions that may
have been contaminated by the
mold. These books and processions
will be stored until the faculty is
settled. Paneling in one ofﬁce is to
be completely removed. The walls
are to be scoured with a 10-to-1
bleach solution to kill the mold and
prevent it from spreading. A professional sanitation will also take
place.
New ceiling tiles are to be
installed.
Goldapp said he is fairly conﬁdent that the building will be
completely sanitized and back in
working condition by the spring semester.
Estimations for upgrading

boxing, yoga, pilates, etc.
Presented two years ago by the
Student Government Association,
the idea to consolidate MSU’s many
wellness and ﬁtness attractions into
one building was voted on through
MSU’s website. The vote garnered
an 82 percent favorable result.
“I think it’ll be really nice when
it’s done,” said Christina Schutte,
sophomore, an international student
from Venezuela. “Also, it’ll bring
more jobs to international students.
Students like Schutte, who can’t
work in Wichita Falls or in the surrounding area for lack of a social
security card, depend on their jobs
at MSU to make money.
MSU currently staffs 15 student
workers throughout its campus.
“We’re hoping to double that with
the new wellness center,” said Dr.
Greenwood.
An extended-hour (or possibly

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PATRICK JOHNSTON

| THE WICHITAN

Construction
of the new
MSU Student
Health & Wellness Center
has begun at
the intersection of Louis J.
Rodriguez and
Midwestern
Parkway. The
$13.4 million
project is set
to open in the
fall of 2008.

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Victorian romance

Caribfest

First loss of season

“Emma” is a beautifully
drawn manga and anime
with wonderful characters.

MSU prides itself on its new business building.
The university strives to search for and hire the best
professors it can. Meanwhile, it pushes itself to be on
the cutting edge of technology, constantly updating
computers and software.
All this is nice but when it comes to accommodating
speakers and the public at the Artist Lecture Series, MSU
remains in the dark ages.
“What?” you ask. MSU takes great pride in its

Hunting through past writings for real self

Artist Lecture Series, which was established in 1964.
“What?” is exactly what the people who put this
wonderful program together each year should be asking
themselves. Here’s why: A speaker winds up his or her
presentation then opens the ﬂoor to questions. Someone
on the front row of the crowded auditorium asks
something.
“What?”
Most of the audience probably won’t hear the
question. If they don’t hear the question then very often
the answer may not make much sense. You won’t have a
clue to the exchange that’s going on. You’ll be missing
out on something.
“What?”
It’s the 21st century but we’re suddenly back in a
caveman world.
There are a number of solutions.
• Shout out your question at the top of your lungs
(Not too civilized, we’ll grant you, but you will be heard.)
• Install headsets like at the U.N. (Expensive but
think of how chic it will make us Texans look.)
• Hand out hearing aids at the door. (Something
other than an iPod to stick in your ears.)
Seriously, how much trouble would it be for a
couple of facilitators to stand in the aisles with cordless
mikes that could be passed down to questioners? Better
still, how about passing out pieces of paper prior to
speeches so questions can be jotted down and handed to
facilitators after talks. A designated party could then read
them aloud into a microphone so everyone can hear? This
method would encourage even shy people to participate.
Education is a dialogue we all can, or at least
should, be able to participate in. Questions need to be
asked and answered. Until this audio problem in the 455seat Akin Auditorium is solved we’ll all continue to strain
our ears.

I
remember
lying on
the ﬂoor
of
my
b e d ro o m
running
my hands
over my
REBECCA FERGUSON hip bones,
ribs, feelAD MANAGER
ing
the
concave curve of my stomach.
I remember wanting to disappear
when people looked at me from the
side.
I remember being at my cousin’s
wedding in the hotel room bathroom
debating whether or not to throw up
that night’s dinner.
I remember sitting at my computer with my hands and feet going
numb but being in to position that
they should be asleep.
I remember looking at pro-ana
websites, which told me the tingling
sensation in my hands and feet were
a normal side affect of anorexia.
Food was my enemy, as was the
scale; pro-ana web sites and trigger
pictures were my new best friends.
Whether I actually was anorexic

or not, I don’t know, but I do know I
had a problem with something. Being afraid of food isn’t normal. It
isn’t healthy.
Like most people, for me, it was
all about control. I felt like everything in my life was a mess and
always out of control. But the one
thing I could always rely on was my
food intake, or lack thereof.
At ﬁrst I think it started out as a
punishment to myself: I would get in
a ﬁght with my mom or a friend, I
would starve myself; I would have
a bad day at ballet, I wouldn’t eat
dinner when I got home; I would
binge over the weekend and would
just snack on something small during lunch for the whole week.
I felt as if my life revolved around
the quote “I eat because I’m depressed, I’m depressed because I
eat.” There where a lot of factors
contributing to my intense fear of
food, depression being one of them.
If I overindulged I would run up to
my room and cry, stare at my “fat”
in the mirror, cut my arms, ankles,
hips, anything to help mask the
pain, embarrassment, disappointment in myself for eating so much.
Let’s face it, I was depressed and

not eating appeared to be my only
solution to the problem because it
was the only in my life I could control. And no one could take that
feeling of control away from me.
I needed to hide myself, my imperfections and I did so by just simply eliminating them, by shedding
pounds.
I eventually snapped out of whatever funk I was in, and I’m not really
sure why or how, or even if someone
helped me.
You might say I’m better now.
But in all honesty I’m not. I still
have “nothing tastes as good as
thin feels” engraved in my brain,
but now it’s a matter of not paying
attention to when it starts to creep
out of hiding.
It’s still there, taunting me.
Now, it takes all the control in
the world to not slip back into my
old ways.
It’s still there.
A lot of things blew up in my face
this weekend. Ironically enough, it
all seemed to play right into the article I wrote last week.
After conversations with four of
my friends (some close, some just
acquaintances) I decided to hunt

through all of the past things I’ve
written just to see if I was even true
to myself when I wrote.
I stumbled across this particular
column I had written for my high
school paper a few years ago. It’s
not that I wish to broadcast this side
of myself to the entire campus, but
I want to show not only those four
people, but everyone else who read
my last column, that I do have a
“real” side to me.
I’ve said this so many times before and I’ve never gone through
with it, but after getting my ass
chewed out for something that is no
longer in my control and crying in
front of people who never should
have seen me cry, I am starting over
and making things right.
I’m in a new place, with new
people I’ve never met before. I
think this is the perfect time for me
to do so.
Some people may think I’m
wasting my time and that there’s
“nothing wrong with me” or whatever, but it is my life and I have the
power to chose what I do.
With all of this being said: Hi,
my name is Rebecca, and honestly,
it’s very nice to meet you.

T w o
weekends ago,
I lost my
flipping
mind.
E v eryone is
familiar
with those
CARLY BURRES
people
FOR THE WICHITAN
that get
all attached to someone that they
hooked up with once.
You have a “one-night stand” and
then the girl or the guy gets a little
bit nuts when they realize that they
are never going to see that person
again. They wonder how they could
have been that stupid, they think
about what they are going to miss
out on by not getting to know that
person, and blah blah blah.
Everyone knows what I’m talking about. It’s the person that thinks
a kiss makes you boyfriend and
girlfriend. (I call them the “get over
it psycho” people.)
But two weekends ago, I became
that person. I went insane. I’m going to refer to it as “the weekend the
aliens took over my body.”
What happened?
A few weeks prior to that weekend we met a couple of cuties at the
bar. After talking for a bit we decided that we wanted to go see Johnny
Cooper play at Oldtown.
So we leave the cuties thinking

that we would never ever see them
again.
But we were wrong! For we went
back to our humble little home of
Toby’s and there they were. It was a
joyous moment. I celebrated in my
head.
Well automatically I become
“that girl.” I attached myself to this
boy, whom we shall nickname Cali
(because I think that’s where they
were from.)
I was the girl who was leaning on
his chest, we were holding hands,
and we would whisper sweet nothings that I really don’t remember
in each other’s ears. Cali was there
with his friend, Florida. (They might
have also been from Florida.)
So Cali and Florida ventured
to Whataburger with me and my
friend who shall remain nameless.
And then we took our food back to
mi casa and they ate while I dealt
with other drama.
Eventually the almighty question
arises. Cali asked me if they were
staying the night and of course I
said yes. And Florida slept on the
couch and well, Cali slept in my
room. We talked, laughed, slept and
well, we will just stop there.
The next morning after just a
couple of hours of sleep I got my
wasted butt out of bed to shower
and get ready for work. Before
leaving for work I said bye to the
boys and told them to stay as long
as they needed.

For all of you who are gasping
that I would leave boys in my apartment, my roommates were home so
they weren’t left completely alone.
Also before I left, I left Cali my
phone number and told him to call
me if he wanted to hang out before
he left town. Small detail that I left
out, they were leaving that week.
Which meant, I couldn’t have him
and I couldn’t get attached.
This was the ﬁrst big problem.
Human nature makes a lot of people want what they can’t have so
the second I knew I couldn’t have
him, I wanted him. Stupid human
nature.
So I left my number and went to
work. I was all smiles because I had
a great night and that made me happy, especially after having a week
of loathing and self-doubt.
I got sent home from work a few
hours early because I was being so
unproductive and my manager was
tired of ﬁnding me sleeping all over
the store. The ﬁrst thing I did when I
got home was look to see if he took
my number, and he did. At least it
looked like he did. I was ecstatic.
As the day went on I kept telling
myself maybe he would call. But
no call ever came. So that night we
went out and made our way back to
Toby’s where I hoped to have a runin. But Cali and Florida were not
there and I was sad.
The next day it hit me that I
would probably never see him again

and even though he warned me of
this, I was slightly devastated. Ok,
I was a mess.
Who I became after that, I do not
know. I went to Toby’s every night
I possibly could for the next week, I
super Myspace stalked and tried to
ﬁnd Cali or Florida some where on
there. I analyzed the picture we had
to see if there was a clue that I could
ﬁnd to help me ﬁnd him.
I went insane. Looking back I’m
not sure why my friends didn’t send
me up to Red River. I even made a
deal with God. I said “God, if you
bring him back, I’ll stop drinking.”
(Between you and me I’m glad he
didn’t because I’m not sure I could
have held up to my side of the bargain.)
But after looking through
waaaayyyyy too many people on
Myspace and complaining to my
closest friends about how I might
have lost the love of my life, it hit
me. I was nuts. I was that crazy
person who sits on the street twirling her hair mumbling nonsense
about some boy from California or
Florida or Idaho. Who even knows
where they were from.
And on my drive back to Wichita
Falls this weekend, I decided that I
would be that girl no more. I never
want to be that crazy, psychotic girl
who tries to super-stalk someone
that I met just a couple of times.

Why
is
it
that the
governments
of the
world
never
s e e m
to get
CHRISTIAN MCPHATE
anything
OP-ED EDITOR
done?
On July 27, 2007, the two-day
International Kashmir Peace Conference concluded in Washington
D.C. with little accomplishment,
but a list of promises that will soon
be broken.
It was the seventh conference
held for the war-torn country.
The round table discussion took
place on Capitol Hill with numerous speakers presenting creative
ways to reach the long-sought goal
of the Kashmir people—peace.
The Kashmir conﬂict is a territorial dispute between China, India and
Pakistan. The countries are arguing
over the northwestern region of the
Indian subcontinent with India laying claims to the Dogra Kingdom of
Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan has
contested this claim, for the dictatorial-ruled country controls a third of
Kashmir.
There have been three wars between Pakistan and India over the
rich, natural resources and trade
routes of the Led Zeppelin country.
Several resolutions were presented at the conference with each
politician making promises to bring
peace to the war-torn country.
For instance, Azad Kashmir
Prime Minister Sardar Attique
Ahmed Khan offered to provide
jobs to professionals on both sides
of the cease-ﬁre line while Deputy
Ambassador Muhammad Aslam
Khan declared that Pakistan would
never betray the trust of Jammu and
Kashmir.
And the list goes on with various
constructive but shallow promises

thrown out for the people of Kashmir, ranging from the use of water
resources as a bargaining chip to the
nuclear-free zone and a committee
of civil society actors who want to
develop a vision of future Kashmir.
The resolution draft included
nine points:
1. The process of reconciliation
and peace building between India
and Pakistan be expedited and the
people of Jammu and Kashmir be
acknowledged as integral partners
of the process and acknowledged
as its primary stake holders. The
parties should determine the parameters of the process and deﬁne
a time frame for its implementation.
2. Free movement across
Jammu and Kashmir be reinstated, all traditional routes across
the cease-ﬁre line may be reopened and made operational.
3. The fundamental rights and
freedoms of the people of Jammu and
Kashmir be ensured and the various
draconian laws be withdrawn. The
expeditious release of all detainees
and prisoners be ensured and cases
against them and those already released be withdrawn. Information
may be made available about the
conditions and fate of approximately 10,000 disappeared persons.
4. The return, rehabilitation and
resettlement of all internally and externally displaced persons, including
Kashmiri Pandits and those from the
border areas and cease-ﬁre line, be
facilitated with dignity and honor.
5. For comprehensive and lasting
peace in South Asia, and a politically
secure and democratic future, the inalienable right to self-determination
of the people of Jammu and Kashmir be recognized and respected.
6. All cycles of violence in
Jammu and Kashmir should end
and a space be created for the conclusive settlement of the dispute
in accordance with the wishes
and aspirations of all the people.
7. Demilitarization is a necessary
step for ensuring peace in the region.

8. India and Pakistan should
negotiate a treaty to create a
nuclear weapons-free zone in
all of Jammu and Kashmir.
9. Trade and tourism across the
cease-ﬁre line be prompted and inﬂow of tourists from India and Pakistan to both sides of Jammu and
Kashmir be allowed and encouraged.
And what was our government’s
input on the issue of Kashmir, a
country where the citizens must
wake each day to the horrors of
humanitarian violations, including
torture, rape and murder?
Congressman Dan Burton, Danny Davis, Clarke, Rahall, Moran,
Pascrell, Tom Davis, Rohrabacher,
Honda and McDermott emphasized
that a solution was needed for establishing peace and all parties needed
to navigate a settlement to end the
agony of the Kashmiri people.
And President Bush’s ofﬁce released a statement that “he [Bush]
sincerely appreciates your thoughtfulness in writing and sends his best
wishes.”
How is the country of Kashmir
going to ﬁnd a resolution without
an overseer mediating the process
of peace?
India and Pakistan are too ingrained with their own agendas
to truly bring about a democratic
peace settlement with the Kashmiri
people: The country of Pakistan is
disintegrating underneath the media’s watchful eyes while dictator
Musharraf weaves his tales of lies
in an attempt to solidify his powers
over people who do not respect or
want his rule – despite the rigged
election turnouts.
Of course, with President Bush’s
constant abuse of his powers, his
partnership with dictators like
Musharraf and his lack of foresight
with the blood feud between the
Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds in Iraq,
what does the world expect?
His agendas lie outside the realms
of humanitarian.

Concerning the cover story associated with sexual assault occurring
off-campus, I am a sophomore on
the cycling team at MSU and have
seen the jest of parties, from Greek
to geek, and I have observed and
participated in them all.
I think the cover story of Oct.
3, 2007, concerning sexual assault
gives a twisted image of parties in
general, speciﬁcally Greek parties.

games and minors present.”
While this may be true, the sentence brings focus onto a speciﬁc
Greek organization rather than the
sexual assault case as a whole.
Likewise, the article stated that
the victim had been to “several locations before arriving,” but the
Greek party was the only one mentioned.
I think Greeks are the easy-way
out when ﬁnding something to put
a blame on and that is unfortunate
when college students need community most, for better or worse.

In your breakdown by ethnicity,
you indicate that MSU has 12.6 percent African-Americans.
In fact, there are far more black
students at MSU than this 12.6 percent ﬁgure suggests because the
number fails to include black students who aren’t Americans, e.g.,
black African and black Caribbean
students.
If those students are considered,
the percentage of black students at
MSU is actually closer to 20 percent.
In other words, American black
students are counted as black; international black students are counted
as “nonresident aliens.”

~ Letters to the editor ~

Given that I am not a member of
any Greek organization and never
wish to be, I still hold somewhat of
a respect for these organizations for
promoting community on and off
campus.
The article stated that, “The
victim had gone to several locations before arriving at an unregistered Sigma Nu party, where
there was hard liquor, drinking

– Race being such a touchy issue
these days, I must decline to sign
this letter.

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Oct. 10, 2007

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Christian’s Horrorscopes

Today’s birthday (10-10-07): God sent me a message for
you:Your friends are becoming annoying – ignore them. Try
going out with the ones you hate this weekend. You will be
surprised at the outcome. Loved ones will try and give you
positive advice on Friday –ignore them as well. They never
give good advice.
Aries (March 21-April 19): You ﬁnd yourself lost in the
throes of drama – enjoy the ride.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): You are loved, and you really do
not feel like being an ass this week (unusual for you). Try to
take it all in stride. Take your new ﬂing to a horror movie or
a haunted house. You will be surprised at what can happen
in the dark with ghosts moaning all around you.
Gemini (May 21-June 21): You are hated... enjoy!
Cancer (June 22-July 22): Avoid being an ass this week.
In fact, try being nice to your exs for once in your life. Agree
to everything that they ask you. Wash their car for them.
Make a romantic dinner for their new ﬂames. If you do this,
then you just might stay the hand of the Blair Bitch.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Sorry, but your week sucks again.
Try to avoid haunted houses this weekend.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This week avoid all tests like
the plague, including babie tests, school tests, STD tests,
Cosmo’s tests, driving tests and anything else with a test
before it or after it... just avoid hearing the word all together.
I would vanish for the week. Go on vacation to Witch’s Gate
with a Libra. It will be a positive experience.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Try to avoid drama this week.
Enjoy your weekend with the ones you love. Go to the
local churches with a turban on your head and scare some
Christians.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Over the next couple of days,
classmates are going to become more annoying with their
constant texting and bickering. Grab a hammer and a
shovel... be prepared.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Try to make important
money decisions this week. After Thursday, expect to receive
some news that will change the course of your life for the
next couple of weeks in a negative light. Try and enjoy this
new found darkness.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It is time to change your
alliances this week. Become a bad guy... impersonate George
W. Bush. You will be hated, alone, and the rest of the
country might think you are crazy, but least you will make
some powerful friends and you will never run out of tacos.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You are easily irritated by
your loved ones, friends and just about anyone else you run
into over the next seven days. You can pretend that you are
not angry, but you would be better off locking yourself in a
padded cell.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Darkness looms on your
horizon. It is time to reevaluate those old contracts with
the university. Try reading the ﬁne print for once and you
just might save yourself from Satan (not really.... you are
doomed).

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THE WICHITAN
Oct. 10, 2007

News

PATRICK JOHNSTON | THE WICHITAN

The area surrounding the new Wellness Center construction site gives warning to
passers-by.

Wellness_________________________________continued from page 1
24-hour) schedule for the center is being considered for the
center presently, which should
make even more jobs for international students in the form of
lifeguards, custodial staff and
others.
Another beneﬁt of the center that some may not be aware
of is the relocation of the current Vinson Health Center to
the new building site. The new
Vinson Health Center will have
newer facilities and extended
hours – though 24-hour and
weekend service are still in the
air – along with a new student
physician.
Dr. Greenwood explains
why this is important, especially to international students:
“Your average student may
have had the same family physician for 18 years, depending
on how old they are. But some
of our international students
view MSU health care as their

primary physicians.
Right now, the only choices
for students who get sick after
4:45 p.m. – the Health Centerʼs
current closing time – or on the
weekend is Clinicare or a hospital. “Weʼre hoping to alleviate a lot of those frustrations,”
Greenwood said.
But whether youʼre a math
major or not, $13.4 million is a
lot of money, and an extra $120
per semester in student costs
may dissuade some students
from enrolling at MSU. Raised
student costs to pay for a 20year contract seem even more
daunting.
Some, like Brandy Navarette, junior, have yet to decide
whether they think building the
centerʼs a good decision or not.
“I guess I probably wonʼt have
an opinion until itʼs done and I
see it,” Navarette said.
To alleviate some of the cost
of the building, student focus

groups were used to analyze
which features were important
and which werenʼt. Among the
ideas in the discard pile were a
rock climbing wall and a racquetball court, though “space
has been left to build things that
have been left out,” Greenwood
said.
Students should note that a
temporary concrete road will
be used to access the south side
of campus during construction,
and that in two to three weeks
the bridge connecting the east
and west sides of Sikes Lake
will be blocked off due to construction raising the bridge to
prevent future ﬂooding.
The center, barring major
dealy, should be open and running in the fall of 2008. It is
being built by Moody/Nolan
Architects (Ohio), Brinkley/
Sargent Architects (Dallas) and
Electra Construction.

Rehm____________________________________________continued from page 1
Home Show. She went on to take
over the morning talk show, Kaleidoscope, on WAMU in 1979. The
show was later renamed The Diane
Rehm Show.
Through her career, Rehm has interviewed well-known people, such
as Bill Clinton, Maya Angelou, Fred
Rogers (Mister Rogersʼ Neighborhood) and many others.
The award-winning program has
been offered through NPR World-

Director_______________continued from page 1
“The last year under Ed Harris has been a tremendous asset to
MSU athletics,” Carr said. “I can
see what he did, the tracks he laid
and what an asset he was to the program.”
Carr will be the ﬁfth athletics director hired at the university since
1997, but says he intends to hold
the position and make it his “last
stop.”
Coming from a background of
Division I programs will present a
different set of challenges and beneﬁts, Carr believes.
“Iʼve enjoyed a tremendous experience in my roles in Division I
athletics,” Carr said. “It might have
taken me 25 years to ﬁgure our that
maybe this (Division II) is where
I can be more effective because
it deals with student athletes and
coaches and I really enjoy that.”
Carr said even his daughter, a
22-year-old Florida State University student, questioned his decision
to take the position at Midwestern.
“It has taken me a long time to
ﬁgure out that the higher I went in
(Division I), the less opportunity I
had to do the things I really enjoy
most,” Carr said.

The students are his top priority,
he said.
“(MSU is) small enough that I
can relate, that I can hopefully make
a difference in these young peopleʼs
lives, and I really didnʼt have that
opportunity at a large institution,”
Carr said. “Much of what we did
was driven by the bottom line. It
becomes more of a business and a
professional kind of thing.”
When it comes to representing
the university, Carr said heʼll do it
right or not at all.
“Itʼs really apparent we have an
opportunity to be the model D-2
community,” Carr said. “We have
the support of a great president, outstanding coaches already in place
and the opportunity to make solid
community connections in Wichita
Falls.”
Rogers said that the standards
Carr is setting might be a “reach,”
but that reaching is a good thing.
“Iʼm not here to be second,” Carr
said. “Iʼm here to be ﬁrst. Thatʼs
what I will spend all my waking
hours to produce, and with the help
of a lot of people weʼll get there and
hopefully look back and be very
proud of what has taken place.”

wide in Europe and Japan since
1996 via direct broadcast satellite. It
can also be heard via Armed Forces
Radio around the world.
Her career took a turn after being
diagnosed in 1998 with spasmodic
dysphonia, a neurological condition
that causes strained, difﬁcult speech.
However, this didnʼt stop the journalist. She went on to publish two
autobiographical books and produced a program about her disorder,

which resulted in receiving a Media
Award from the Maryland SpeechHearing-Language Association.
Throughout the years, Rehm has
been honored with other awards, including Washingtonian of the Year
by Washingtonian Magazine.
She was also inducted into the
Class of 2004 Hall of Fame from
the Society of Professional Journalists.

Caribfest_______con’t.

Minority Alumni Association
Homecoming Mixer

from page 1

a “Glow” after party that took
place in the Outdoor Education
Building.
McIntyre said she feels the past
Caribfests were great, but she
thinks this one was very special.
“This Caribfest was personally
the best one for me,” she said.
McIntyre feels this event
wouldnʼt have been possible with
the help from the students, faculty,
community and alumni.
All the proceeds that came
from Caribfest went towards the
Lunce Foundation, ﬂood victims of
Wichita Falls and Child Advocates.

For more information, contact
Keisha Ellis at 214-457-5539
or e-mail at
klewme24@hotmail.com.

the air-conditioning systems have
yet to be taken, but are to occur in
the near future.
“This sucks!” says Cassey
Knight, a Junior majoring in social
work who is eager to get back into
the building and back to the way it
was originally.

Mustangs
for Christ
Local musician Jay Burnam will perform Thursday,
Oct. 11 in the Mustangs for
Christ building at 8 p.m.
The Mustangs for Christ
building houses a theater
room with a large ﬂat-screen
TV, top-of-the-line cappuccino machine, pool table, ping
pong and foosball tables, and
was recently remodeled.
For more information,
contact Ryan Franklin at
ryanhf@hotmail.com.

YouTube-inʼ It
Ever wonder what pop
music would sound like if
Mozart or Chopin got hold
of it?
No? Well, lovemusic177
on YouTube did. Sheʼs out
to “immortalize” various pop
songs by presenting them in
classical forms of music.
Sheʼs uploaded her covers of several chart-topping
songs, including Fergieʼs
“Big Girls Donʼt Cry,” Gwen
Stefaniʼs “Sweet Escape,”
Timbalandʼs “The Way I Are”
and “Hey There Delilah” by
the Plain White Tʼs.

Power
to the People
Is “Halo 3” the best game
in the series? Does Stephen
Colbertʼs humor transfer well
into print? Did you recently
see a band in concert that
sucked?
As the student voice of
MSU, The Wichitan wants
to know what you think!
Send your thoughts or minireviews on any new release
or entertainment experience to wichitan@mwsu.
edu (attn: Konnie) or
konniesewell@hotmail.com.
Be sure to include your name,
age and classiﬁcation.

Entertainment

ʻEmmaʼ makes Victorian London its own
KONNIE SEWELL
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Thereʼs not much anime that interests me these days. Save for a few
tried and true favorites (“Cowboy
Bebop,” “Vision of Escaﬂowne”),
Iʼm not the most avid anime fan
around.
But every now and then a series
pops up that is truly entertaining and
I canʼt stop talking or thinking about
it. “Emma – A Victorian Romance”
is just such a series.
“Emma” takes place in Victorian
London near the end of the 19th century. Emma is a maid working for
Kelly Stowner, a former governess.
Though Emma is a maid, sheʼs in
actuality more of a surrogate daughter to Kelly (who taught Emma to
read and write). Emma may be a little plain and mild-mannered but she
has an intelligent mind and a good
heart, despite some less-than-ideal
events from her past.
One of Kellyʼs former pupils,
William Jones, comes to visit her
one day. Emma accidentally whacks
him in the face when she opens the
door for him, and heʼs instantly smitten with her. Heʼs so taken with her,
in fact, Kelly has to shoo him away
so she can attend to some other business.
William “forgets” one of his
gloves, and when Kelly (who can
see the sparks) sends Emma to return it to him, the two are soon in
deep conversation with one another.
From that moment on, William is
determined to see more of Emma
and spend more time with her.
However, their budding romance
is complicated by the fact that William is a member of the gentry. His
father, Richard, is a proud man who
has worked hard to get his family a
place in society. Richard also has a
complex about being “new money,”
earned through business success.
His family is rich, but not noble, and
he fears this will always hold them
back. He has an obsession with William, the oldest Jones child, marrying up in the world.
The rest of Williamʼs family are
equally against his romance with
Emma, except his sister Grace.
Grace has romantic problems of her
own, and as the eldest girl in the
family, she often acts like a mother
to them all.
After Emma and Williamʼs ﬁrst
meeting, the plot is pretty much
straightforward from then on: balls,
invitations, surprise meetings, secret meetings, romantic rivals.
Young Eleanor Campbellʼs father
wants her to marry William for his
money. Williamʼs father wants them

to marry for the Campbellʼs status.
Poor Eleanor, who is very naïve and
likeable – not a Wicked Witch of the
Ball by any means – just wants to be
with William.
And, truly, itʼs the characters and
not the plot that makes “Emma”
worth watching. Emma and William
are interesting and have undeniable
chemistry with each other. It takes
Emma a while to open up to him,
usually just nodding along to his
enthusiastic conversation. And William, for all his polished modernity
(he loves scientiﬁc gadgets), canʼt
stand up to his father without being reminded that his and Emmaʼs
relationship might tear his family
apart. Itʼs a treat to watch them fall
in love, and thankfully the series
doesnʼt drag the romance out at a
slow pace.
The many supporting characters
contribute to the seriesʼ charm. Williamʼs best friend from Eton, Prince
Hakim Atawari, is unresponsive to
the restrictions and rules of London
society. Heʼs impulsive (riding into
town on an elephant with his harem)
and an incorrigible ﬂirt. But heʼs also
a caring friend, becoming exasperated with William when he hesitations
about his feelings for Emma.
Throughout the series, Emma
meets several other servants and
members of the upper class (including Eleanorʼs fatherʼs prostitute,
whoʼs probably up to no good), each
adding a little something to the series in their own unique ways.
The characters are the heart of this
series, but the presentation is lovely
too. The manga is drawn beautifully
in a cross-hatch style and the anime
itself is bright and beautiful. The
creator of the series is a self-confessed Anglophile, and every effort
has been made to recreate Victorian
London as accurately as possible.
Not just in the background, but the
costumes, hairstyles, transportation,
mannerisms, speech, gestures – everything. This is unique for a manga/anime series made in Japan but it
comes off effortless.
And thatʼs another reason to
watch. The plot may be everything
youʼve ever read in a Dickens novel,
but to see it all brought to life with
exquisite animation is a real treat.
Itʼs almost like watching a dream.
Probably the only complaint I have
is that the ending of both the anime
and the manga feels rushed.
Thereʼs no word yet as to when
(or if) “Emma – A Victorian Romance” will be dubbed into English
or released on DVD. But letʼs hope
it makes its way Stateside soon and
captures even more hearts with its
charming cast and classic story.

COURTNEY FOREMAN
FRUSTRATED MUSIC FAN

ing like what their original fans
had come to love in the ﬁrst place.
They, like many bands, were molded into the fresh-faced pop-punkers
the newly-targeted fan base wanted
to hear, instead of sticking to the
bandʼs original sound.
Bands such as Boys Like Girls,
Paramore, Cartel and many others
might fall in the footsteps of the
bands that have come before them
and “sold out,” but only time will
tell.
Donʼt get me wrong. Making it
“big” in the music industry is usually the goal of the band in the ﬁrst
place.
But when the group loses track
of their real fans in hopes of ﬁnding
something greater, they miss out on
the point of making music in the
ﬁrst place.
When a band makes a genuine
connection with their fans, who
love some silly piece of music they
have created, just to be traded in for
a fat paycheck and a new reputation
... that is what a true fan hates the
most.

Selling out, cashing in

If youʼre the type of person who
can make a real connection with the
music you listen to, then you know
ﬁrst hand how it feels when the
band you love gets their big break
and is all of a sudden the most popular thing to listen to.
Itʼs almost a sense of betrayal
when you hear that song being
played on MTV and a 12-year-old
walks up, singing the lyrics they
probably donʼt even known the
meaning of.
When “Hey There Delilah” started getting serious airtime on the radio, few people knew the song was
actually written and released two
years before anyone even knew
about the band or had heard the
song.
These “brand new” bands most
people come to love are typically
not brand new. Most of them were
around years before they were offered a contract and had their music
videos play all over the Internet and
TV.
Take, for example, the band Fall
Out Boy.
This band got their big break
with the hit song “Sugar, Weʼre
Goinʼ Down” off their 2005 album,
“From Under The Cork Tree.” Their
hit song was released from not their
ﬁrst album, but their fourth and was
publicized like there was no tomorrow.
Before you knew it, they were
headlining tours, making appearances on talk shows and getting
their name in the press as much as
they could.
Before too long, they released
a ﬁfth album, “Inﬁnity on High,”
and lead single “This Ainʼt a Scene,
Itʼs an Arms Race” sounded noth-

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MSU tumbles, 25-20
JOSH MUJICA
SPORTS EDITOR

The MSU football team is no longer undefeated.
Unable to get the offense into it’s
usual rhythm, the Mustangs were
beaten Saturday night, 25-20, at the
hands of now 6-0 West Texas A&M
University in front of a crowd of
13,025 at Memorial Stadium.
The offense struggled most of
the night as MSU star quarterback
Daniel Polk was pressured from all
angles on a constant basis.
Polk was sacked three times
and rushed out of pocket six other
times.
He was held to 213 yards on 20of-38 passing and was limited to 30
yards rushing on 17 carries.
Polk got the scoring started with
9:45 left in the ﬁrst quarter on a 6yard touchdown run to put the Mustangs up, 6-0.
Jose Martinez tapped in the PAT
and was relied upon heavily in the
game.
After WT tied the game at seven
apiece, Martinez connected on a
27-yard ﬁeld goal to put MSU up,
10-7.
The Buffs struck again with a
touchdown to go ahead, 14-10, going into halftime.
Since the offensive unit couldn’t

ﬁnd the endzone, Martinez answered
again with a 41-yard ﬁeld goal in the
third with 5:15 left in the quarter to
pull the Mustangs close, 14-13.
WT responded with a ﬁeld goal
of it’s own and quarterback Keith
Null drilled a 55-yard touchdown
to B.J. Vickers with 9:12 left in the
game to put the Buffs ahead by two
scores.
MSU pulled close on a 3-yard run
by Steven Harper with 2:11 to play
to change the scoreboard to 25-20,
but were unable to get the onside
kick to give themselves a chance to
win the game.
Defensive standouts for the Mustangs were Patrick Roberts and Jacob Martin with ﬁve solo tackles
each, Herman Walker with four and
Cody Thompson with three.
Joe Chapman was the leading
rusher for the No. 16 Mustangs with
89 yards on 10 carries.
On Monday, MSU was at No.
5 on the Southwest Region’s ﬁrst
ranking of the season.
The poll, which is determined by
a committee of coaches, is the deciding factor for the NCAA Division II playoffs and only six teams
advance out of each region.
The ﬁnal poll is schedued to be
released on Nov. 11.
The 5-1 Mustangs now travel to
Stephenville to battle Tarleton State
Saturday at 7 p.m.

Midwestern serves as host
MELISSA DOS PRAZERES-SILVA
AND JOSH MUJICA
FOR THE WICHITAN

MSU played host to the 2007
Lone Star Conference Individual
Tennis Championship this past
weekend.
The men played at Weeks Park
and the women competed at Hamilton Park.
In women’s action, Cristina Oliveria reached both the singles and
doubles ﬁnals.
In the No. 2 singles championship match, Oliveria fell to Abilene
Christian’s Meagan Brown, 6-2, 64.
In No. 1 doubles play, Oliveria
and partner, Faye D’Hamecourt fell
to the ACU’s top pair of Irene Squilaci and Aina Rafolo, 6-2, 6-2.
MSU gave ACU all they could
handle but the Wildcat’s No. 3 doubles team of Dina Pavlin and Lauren
White beat Desre Tarr and Ann-Sophie Indehederge, 6-4, 7-6 (6) in the
semiﬁnals.
With only three returning players

from last year’s team, the MSU men
put up a good ﬁght against schools
with more experienced players.
At the No. 1 singles spot, ACU’s
J.J. Nunez, last year’s No. 48 in the
nation in Division II, edged past
MSU junior Karim Belhadj, 7-5, 62.
From positions one through ﬁve
MSU fell to the ACU men in the
ﬁrst round of competition.
In the No. 6 position, MSU freshman Chip Threadgill was defeated
by Cameron’s Saman Samii, 6-1,
6-4.
In men’s doubles, MSU’s No. 1
team of Travis Stegner and Fernando Villarreal lost to ACU’s Nunez
and Ryan Hudson, 6-4, 6-3.
The Wildcats ran away with 12
out of 18 possible titles in the tournament including all nine of the
women’s titles.
The men’s team will continue
practicing but is done competing
for the fall while the women will
compete this weekend in a Division
I tournament hosted by the University of North Texas in Denton.

Golf team putts in seventh
FOR THE WICHITAN
Midwestern State freshman Travis Klutts ﬁred a 74 at the Par-72,
7,085-yard Chickasaw Pointe Golf
Resort in Tuesday’s ﬁnal round of
the Choctaw Nation Texoma Championship.
Klutts ﬁnished the tournament
tied for fourth as the freshman from
Lake Kiowa, Texas with a two-round
total of 147 (+3) and was just two
shots out of second and six shots behind top medalist Jeff Howard of St.
Edward’s, who ﬁred rounds of 72
and 70 to ﬁnish with a 2-under 142.
Unfortunately, Klutts’ score
didn’t count towards Midwestern
State’s team total as the Mustangs

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NEXT
UP

Volleyball
Oct. 13 vs.
Southeastern Oklahoma
2 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
Oct. 11 at St. Edwards
4 p.m.
Football
Oct. 13 at Tarleton State
7 p.m.
PATRICK JOHNSTON | THE WICHITAN
MSU’s Brandon Jones, 68, prepares to take on a blitzing player from West Texas A&M Saturday night at Memorial Stadium as quarterback Daniel Polk, 5, looks upﬁeld to see whether
he should hand the ball off or keep it himself. The Mustangs perfect 5-0 record was demolished as WT beat MSU, 25-20.

The MSU men’s soccer team
claimed its highest ranking ever
yesterday as the Mustangs were announced as the No. 2 squad on the
NSCAA/Adidas National Poll.
Riding a seven game win streak,
Midwestern tacked on another
victory after battling tremendous
adversity Sunday afternoon and
overcoming the Orediggers of the
Colorado School of Mines, 2-1, in
Midwest Region action.
As the visiting team, the Mustangs faced a hostile crowd and a
tough referee but were able to maintain their composure.
MSU received outstanding play
from senior striker Daniel Brown
who posted two ﬁrst-half goals to
give him 14 on the season.
“Brownie was incredible today,”
head coach Doug Elder said.
Brown gave MSU a 1-0 lead in
the 23rd minute as he netted an indirect kick into the box.
The ball was kicked to his right
knee but Brown displayed his athleticism by sliding to reach and
ricochet it off the post for the score.
Colorado Mines coach Frank
Kohlenstein was ejected because of
an arguement about the play.
In the 39th minute, Brown struck
again as ran down a ball on the wing

and booted it past Colorado Mines’
goalkeeper Denver Williams to put
the Mustangs ahead, 2-0.
MSU had to play a man down for
the last 50 minutes of the second
half because forward Eddie Lett
was ejected after making an aggressive slide tackle just ﬁve minutes
after coming into the game.
The Orediggers were able to
capitalize but could only chisel one
point on the scoreboard even with
a man up.
Elder praised the play of the defense including junior Brannon Calvert who had a monster of a game
on the defensive end.
“Once we got that ejection, the
tide turned a little bit, but our defense held very, very strong,” Elder
said.
MSU improves to 11-1 on the
season and more importantly stays
ahead of West Texas A&M, who
moved to 9-1 on the season with a
2-1 victory over Fort Lewis earlier
in the day.
“We showed a lot of heart and
character this weekend,” Elder said.
“But there’s still a lot of soccer to
play.”
The Mustangs will travel to face
St. Edward’s at 4 p.m. on Friday
before zooming to San Antonio to
battle nemesis Incarnate Word, the
only team to beat MSU this season,
on Sunday at 1 p.m.

claimed a seventh-place result after
carding a two-round 615 (+39).
Sophomore Mitch Molen, who
ﬁnished eighth individually, carded
the top team score for the tournament with a 4-over par 148, while
senior Brady Jones had a 153 (+5).
Senior Gordon Quebodeaux scored
a 156 (+8), Eric Thompson carded a
158 (+10) and Micheal Uhles had a
159 (+11) also for the Mustangs.
Sophomore Brandon Bradshaw
ﬁnished with a 164 (+16) in medalist competition.
St. Edward’s claimed the team
championship with a 5-over 581,
which was 21 strokes better than
second-place Abilene Christian,
which ﬁred a 602 (+26).

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The 2007-2008 Midwestern basketball teams were both exceptionally ranked last week as a panel
of Lone Star Conference coaches,
sports information directors and selected as the league distributed its
annual preseason polls.
The men’s team is picked to ﬁnish fourth overall in the LSC but
third in the LSC South Division.
The Lady Mustangs are slated to
ﬁnish ninth overall in the LSC but
ﬁfth in the LSC South Division.
The men’s team returns two starters from last season’s South Division championship team that went
24-7 and advanced to the NCAA
Division II South Central Regional.
Seniors Chris Davis (9.1 points,
4.7 rebounds) and Christopher Reay
(6.9 points, 5.9 rebounds) lead the
Mustangs as they try to ﬁll the shoes
of Eric Dawson (17.4 points), Drew
Coffman (17.2 points), and Chad
Rickett (16.7) who all completed
their eligibility at the end of last
season.
MSU also welcomes back Jeremy
Ford (6.5 points), Kevin Brandsma
(1.7 points), Russell Button (2.8
points), Jordan Coffman and Michael Godwin.

Forwards Trajinski Grigsby and
Marcus Anderson, guard Nolan
Richardson IV, and former Wichita
Falls High School star Charlie Logan headline the Mustangs rotation.
The men open their season on
Nov. 16 and 17 in Austin in the St.
Edward’s Classic.
The women’s team returns four
starters from a 12-14 squad that
topped out in ﬁfth in the LSC South
Division last season.
Seniors Stacey Staten (8.5 points,
3.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists), Kaylon
Hodge (8.5 points, 4.5 rebounds)
and Brittni Burks (7.7 points, 4.3
rebounds return to lead the Lady
Mustang stampede.
Sophomore Andrea Buben also
comes back for Midwestern.
As a freshman, Buben averaged
8.1 points and three rebounds last
season.
Tiffany Cook, a transfer from
Texas State last year, returns to the
squad after playing just 15 minutes
for MSU.
Duo Brandy Moore and Rosy
Ofoegbu are the top newcomers
for Midwestern as they transfer this
season from Temple College.
The Lady Mustangs will open
their season at the Courtyard by
Marriot Tip-off Classic in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Nov. 16 and 17.

Women earn 24th on soccer poll
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Midwestern State checked into
the NSCAA/adidas National Rankings for the ﬁrst time in school history at No. 24 when the poll was

released Tuesday afternoon.
The Mustangs have improved to
7-2-2 on the season after winning
four of their last ﬁve matches.
MSU plays host to Texas A&MCommerce on Friday.